Career Pivot made the Forbes Top 100 Websites for your Career We made the Forbes Top 100 Websites for your Career list with a website that is only 19 months old. I say “we” because I could not have done this without your support. I first want to say Thank You! Let’s take a look […]
2 Social Media Tactics for Managing Your Career
What social media tactics do you use when managing your career? Let’s get strategic! When managing your career on social media you are primarily looking for visibility, but with whom? Tactic #1 – Identify key individuals Typically, there are three kinds of people who you want to be visible to: Those who can hire you. […]
94% of companies are using social media to recruit
Are you on Social Media for your career? Social Media has become the predominant way companies promote their brand and find candidates. Jobvite just release their e-book Jobvite’s 6th Annual Social Recruiting Survey Results. There is a lot interesting data in this report. 94% of recruiters use or plan to use social media in their recruitment […]
Establishing Your Personal Brand and Credibility Through Blogging
Should you be Blogging? Yes, you should be blogging! Do you have a portfolio of work that establishes your personal brand and credibility? We live in an economy where your current job could disappear today and the competition for your next job will come from around the globe. How does your next employer know that […]
Baby Boomers – Are you making adolescent decisions?
Adolescent Decisions? Are you in a position to make adolescent decisions? Many baby boomers are making the same decisions that they had to make when they were adolescents. Think about it. When you were young: No money No stuff You knew you needed to work for the next 30 or 40 years You needed to […]
Paying it Forward to Establish Your Personal Brand
Have you considered what paying it forward will do for your personal brand? According to Wikipedia: “Paying it forward is asking the beneficiary of a good deed to repay it to others instead of to the original benefactor”. In my career, I’ve had plenty of people take an interest in, and help, me. So for […]
Do You Love What You Do? These People Do.
Do you love what you do? My wife and I just returned from a short vacation to Washington DC to visit our son and daughter-in-law and take in the sites. I met three people during our stay that it was quite apparent that they loved what they did. Barbara at the Portrait Museum Our daughter […]
10 Websites Every Baby Boomer Should Know but Probably Doesn’t
10 Websites Every Baby Boomer Should Know There is a set of websites every baby boomer should know to manage your career, and I am writing this post to expose you to them. Some of these might surprise you. Let’s get started. General Employee Benefit Research Institute – The mission of the Employee Benefit Research […]
Over 60? Have you thought of a portfolio career?
Have you thought of a portfolio career? If you are over 60 and will have to work well past the normal retirement age of 65, you might well consider a portfolio career. I am currently reading the most popular book on the topic – And What Do You Do?: 10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio […]